Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French priest
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Place of Birth: Saint-Malo, Brittany, France
About Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu
- Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu (27 December 1870 - 5 November 1953) was a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Papua from 1908 until his retirement in 1945; he was a professed member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the founder of the Handmaids of the Lord.
- He studied under the De La Salle Brothers before beginning his religious formation in Belgium where he did his studies for the priesthood.
- He served for a brief period as a teacher before being sent in 1897 to Papua New Guinea to aid in the missions there; he also served the ailing apostolic vicar and was soon after made his coadjutor with the right of succession.
- His stewardship of the apostolic vicariate saw the number of missions and catechists increase and his tenure also saw the establishment of new schools and a training center for catechists.The beatification process for the late bishop launched in 1984 and he became titled as a Servant of God.
- He later became titled as Venerable in 2014 after Pope Francis confirmed he lived a life of heroic virtue.
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